Shadow Correspondent
JAMMU, June 23:
Jammu & Kashmir, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) paid glowing tributes to Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookherjee by organizing various programmes across Jammu & Kashmir to commemorate the Balidan Diwas of Dr Shyama Prasad Mookherjee.
J&K BJP President Ravinder Raina accompanied by party general secretaries Adv Vibodh Gupta and Dr. Devinder Kumar Manyal paid tributes to the great ideologue on his statue and then portrait at BJP headquarters, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu.
Former MLC Ashok Khajuria, BJP secretary Ayodhya Gupta, Office Secretary Tilak Raj Gupta, Media Secretary Dr. Pardeep Mahotra, Library Incharge Prof Kulbhushan Mohtra, District President Rekha Mahajan, All Cell Co-Incharge Ved Sharma, Shailja Gupta, Subhash Gupta, Dil Bahadur Jamwal, Ajay Gupta and other party leaders also paid tributes on occasion.
Ashok Koul, General Secretary (organization), paid tributes to Dr. Mookherjee at Polling Booth no 56, 58, Baba Dhansar Mandal at Reasi. He was accompanied by BJP Secretary Arvind Gupta, District President Rohit Dubey, former MLA Baldev Raj Sharma, Shashi Gupta, Shiv Sharma, Ramesh Kumar and others.
Ravinder Raina, while paying tributes said that Dr Mookherjee sacrificed his life while agitating to end the permit system under which anyone leaving or entering the State had to obtain a permit, a practice which did not exist in any other state of the country. It was through the sacrifices of Dr. Mookherjee that Jammu and Kashmir is fully integrated with the rest of the country and it was considered as one of the great steps for the national interest, he said and added that Dr. Mookherjee never compromised on principles and questioned the provision of separate symbols for this state.
Ashok Koul, while paying tributes to the great ideologue, said that the foundations of BJP is laid on the vision of Dr. Mookherjee and Pt Deen Dayal Upadhayay for the welfare of whole mankind. He said that the person like Mookherjee never think about their personal pleasures and work for a sustainable Universe for their whole lives.
Vibodh Gupta said that a person like Mookherjee is scarce and his life serves as a source of inspiration for generations to come as far as the BJP is concerned Dr Mookherjee is a source of inspiration for the entire BJP cadre.
Dr. Devinder Manyal, who conducted the proceedings of the programme recalled the sacrifice made by the patriot for the integration of Jammu and Kashmir into the nation. He said that Mookherjee laid down his life opposing the two sets of laws for Jammu and Kashmir and the rest of the country. Prof Kulbhushan Mohtra narrated the important events of life and laid thrust on various ideological insights put forth by Dr Mookherjee. Rekha Mahajan thanked all, who participated in the tribute programme.
